Chapter 68: Ostheriopryroprosis - Status Effect

Sitting on the porch of the house, Mino finally felt at peace. Being a monster who was carried in via the bracelet, she could feel the force of the warding runes affecting her and her magic. The moment she stepped out, shards of red glass cascaded out of her body. Plugging her pores inside the house, they'd been waiting to be let out to free herself from the magical constraints.

"Fira!" Conjuring a small flame in her hand, she quickly blew it out.

Smiling, she placed her hands on the wooden porch and glanced over to the forest with her legs playfully cycling around. Beyond the thicket in front, a hint of wolves and a pack of goblins–she could smell them all, but somehow they just wouldn't dare cross that threshold set by the house.

'This magic could be useful for camping.' Getting on her feet, she began walking around the clearing separating the forest and the structure. Focusing flames into her hands, she traced every spot trying to figure out where the runes were outside of the house. 'Must be buried and not as effective if I can use magic but...'

Taking a step on a certain spot, the flames in her hands disappeared completely. Being right about her conjecture another smile crept up her lips. Standing atop that very spot made her mana shut off completely, which could mean but one thing.

"It's here, at least part of it," as she took a quick step back, a much smaller portion of red glass from before poured out of her skin. Falling to the ground it shattered and disappeared in thin air. "I should have Raven check this out later."

Being a spirit mage, she'd never learned to read, not that her clan would know how to anyway. Thus, turning around she stretched her arms upward and gave a tired yawn. The night before had been anything but pleasant to her. At first, it was just the pressure from being inside the house, but with Raven fucking Aerin beside her, she couldn't get any shut-eye either.

A sudden gasp left Aerin's lips, staring at her mother, her eyes widened with shock, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. How could she? Brenna had never even tried to defy her husband in front of her daughter after all.

"And you're free to stay a few more days," doing her best to hide a weak smile, Brenna quickly turned away and disappeared into the creaky hallway. After the sound of her steps against the floor slowly disappeared, both Aerin and Raven looked at each other, their faces scowling in confoundment.

"What just happened?" Asked Raven, and Aerin could only shrug in response.

Neither of them had a clue as to what was going inside Brenna's head. And while the two were busy thinking over what had just happened, the widow was busy preparing for the night even though it was still early morning.

Shutting herself inside her workshop, Brenna made sure the door was locked. What she intended to do, she didn't want her daughter to find out, as for Raven he would find out soon either way.

'Don't mess this up this time...' She told herself, right before picking out the herbs needed from the shelves. Piling them all up on her desk, she sat down on the cushion beside it and began grinding them inside a cauldron.

"Smaller dose, and a bit of something extra..." Talking to herself while working, she kept thinking of the night, and how much she wanted to finally do it with Raven. Even just remembering the way he teased her with his fingers, had her dripping against the cushion all the way until her concoction was finished.

'Just one dose.' She thought, picking herself up and getting ready to prepare dinner. Intending to slip the medicine into Raven's portion of the meal, she rubbed her thighs together–aching for the night and everything it entailed to come sooner.